Category: Legal
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TikTok Under Fire: Grooming Allegations, Human Trafficking Fears, and the Push for Accountability
TikTok, the globally popular social media app owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, is facing intensifying legal pressure following explosive allegations that it knowingly allowed its platform—particularly its livestreaming feature—to be used for grooming children and facilitating human trafficking. This isn’t just another headline about social media dangers—these are serious claims supported by court filings,…
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Balancing Healthcare in Washington State Prisons: Addressing Disparities Between Gender-Affirming Care and Opioid Use Disorder Treatments
In recent years, the Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) has made significant strides in providing comprehensive healthcare to incarcerated individuals, notably in the realm of gender-affirming care for transgender inmates. This progress, however, has highlighted disparities when compared to the treatment of inmates with opioid use disorder (OUD), particularly concerning access to medications like…